Plaidy Beach

Plaidy Beach is a beach in Looe, South Cornwall, England. Plaidy Beach is situated nearby to Millendreath Beach, as well as near the swimming pool Millendreath Sea Pool.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Looe railway station and Old Guildhall, Looe.

Looe railway station

Railway station

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Looe railway station serves the twin towns of East and West Looe, in Cornwall, England. The station is the terminus of the scenic Looe Valley Line 8+3⁄4 miles south of Liskeard. It faces out across the estuary of the River Looe. Looe railway station is situated 3,900 feet west of Plaidy Beach.

Old Guildhall, Looe

Museum

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Old Guildhall is a municipal building in Higher Market Street in Looe, Cornwall, England. The structure, which is currently used as a museum, is a Grade II* listed building. Old Guildhall, Looe is situated 3,800 feet southwest of Plaidy Beach.

Banjo Pier

Lighthouse

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A Banjo Pier is a pier in the shape of a banjo. The most notable example is probably the Banjo Pier in Looe, Cornwall, England, as it was the first and thus the prototype for many others around the world. Banjo Pier is situated 4,000 feet southwest of Plaidy Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plaidy and Millendreath.

Plaidy

Suburb

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Plaidy is an eastern suburb of Looe, Cornwall, England, UK. Plaidy Beach is a sandy beach and Millendreath Beach is at its eastern end. The writer Eleanor Hibbert lived near Plaidy Beach during World War II and used it as the basis for one of her pen names, Jean Plaidy.

Millendreath

Locality

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Millendreath is a hamlet in the parish of St Martin-by-Looe, Cornwall, England, situated two miles east of the town of Looe. A station was to be built at Millendreath as part of the proposed St Germans & Looe Railway in the late 1930s, but the railway was abandoned without the station having been built.